Wikis and Blogs in the Classroom

Barry Janzen









How I use Wiki’s and other technology to engage learners, deepen understanding, encourage collaboration, and create connections to the world outside the classroom...


Class Home Page


English 9

English 10

Photography

Media Arts


Course Outline
Google Calendar
Google Maps (My maps)
Assignments
Resources
Widgets Shelfari/Voki
Displaying Student Work
Link to Online Quizzes
Link to Blog
Link to Rubrics
Cool Links
Embedded Video
Recommended Reading List

Unit Pages


Romeo and Juliet
Poetry
A Mid Summer Night’s Dream
Documentary
Sentence Errors
Sentence Combining

Student Work Pages/Online Notebooks


Personalize learning - students take pride in their workspace
Evaluation and Assessment - Instant feedback
Organization
Accessing materials- Handouts turn into downloads
Augmenting student work with media sources - Videos/Links/Images
Communication
Communication and Parental Involvement
Providing links to unlimited resources
Sharing work with parents and peers
reduces copying

Student Wikispace Examples
English 9
Example #1
Library of Imagination
Glogster
English 9
Example #2 - Bottom's Dream
-Everything is a remix Documentary Review
Media Arts
Example #3
Photography
Example #4

Organization and Assessment/Google Docs

Semester 1
Semester 2


Webquests

Intro to Shakespeare
Jim Crow

Collaboration


Staff Pro-d Collaboration
Student Collaboration - Poetry Writing

A compilation video of student made documentaries examining the use of metaphor in everyday life.